Tania De La Cruz Lara v. Pamela Jo Bondi

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 24-1941
TANIA DE LA CRUZ LARA,
Petitioner,
v.
PAMELA JO BONDI,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Submitted: July 29, 2025 Decided: July 31, 2025
Before KING, WYNN, and BERNER, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ON BRIEF: Arnedo S. Valera, LAW OFFICES OF VALERA & ASSOCIATES, P.C.,
Fairfax, Virginia, for Petitioner. Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, John S. Hogan, Assistant Director, Robbin K. Blaya, Office of Immigration
Litigation, Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington,
D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Tania De La Cruz Lara, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of an
order of the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissing her appeal from the immigration
judge’s denial of De La Cruz Lara’s application for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C.
§ 1229b(b)(1). In denying cancellation of removal, the immigration judge found, in
relevant part, that De La Cruz Lara failed to show that her removal would cause an
exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for De La Cruz Lara’s two U.S.-citizen sons.
We review this determination as a mixed question of fact and law, Wilkinson v. Garland,
601 U.S. 209, 225 (2024), deferring to the agency’s rulings on the issue, Cortes v. Garland,
105 F.4th 124, 133-34 (4th Cir. 2024).
We have reviewed the administrative record in conjunction with the arguments
advanced by De La Cruz Lara and conclude that, under any standard, there is no error in
the agency’s dispositive hardship analysis. Accordingly, we deny the petition for review.
See In re De La Cruz Lara (B.I.A. Aug. 29, 2024). We dispense with oral argument
because the facts and legal questions are adequately presented in the materials before this
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED

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